‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Babylon 5′ stars to appear at Space City Con Jan. 3-5 in Galveston

Space City Con is taking its geeky show on the road. The fan culture convention has traditionally been held in August, most recently at Westchase Marriot.

The organizers announced in September that a winter edition of the con would be Jan 3-5 at Galveston’s Moody Gardens Hotel. Going forward, Space City Con will present two conventions a year. According to organizers, the Galveston convention will be double in size thanks to the hotel’s more than 100,000 square feet of convention space.

Space City Con offers a little bit of everything for fanboys (and girls) including comics, sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, art and literature. That said, the big names of the winter festival will be from the small screen.

Five members of HBO’s crazy popular fantasy “Game of Thrones” will be guests at Space City Con. GOT fans will be pleased to know that among them will be Jason Momoa, the hotty who starred as Khal Drogo, the fierce warrior king who died by the hand of his pillow-wielding, dragon-raising bride.

Other Game of Throne cast members expected to make appearances include Esmé Bianco (Ros), Miltos Yerolemou (Syrio Forel), Finn Jones (Ser Loras Tyrell) and Kristian Nairn, who plays the gentle giant Hodor.

That’s not the biggest reunion for Space City Con. More than a dozen stars of “Babylon 5” will be making appearances, including Galveston native Tracy Scoggins, Bruce Boxleitner and Bill Mumy. Mumy has deep sci-fi roots. He was the young star of “Lost in Space” (1965-68).

In addition to appearances by dozens of actors, artists, authors and game designers, Space City Con offers instructional workshops, live action role playing and a marketplace for all things geeky.

The event will be noon-7 p.m. Jan. 3 and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Jan. 4-5. Gaming space will be available nearly around the clock.